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current_story:the_sword_of_ophiuchus_part_3 [2021/02/28 05:08] – cromwell | current_story:the_sword_of_ophiuchus_part_3 [2021/06/13 15:08] – cromwell | ||
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Due to McCain' | Due to McCain' | ||
- | "I can't believe how we got along without Emergency Medical Holograms," | + | "I can't believe how we got along without Emergency Medical Holograms," |
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While Theo and St. John could normally have beamed the salvaged bottles of antimatter to any location they wanted, they learned early on that regular site-to-site beaming within Gamma Serpentis was not possible due to the dense superstructure of the base, which invoked a scattering effect on transporter beams. | While Theo and St. John could normally have beamed the salvaged bottles of antimatter to any location they wanted, they learned early on that regular site-to-site beaming within Gamma Serpentis was not possible due to the dense superstructure of the base, which invoked a scattering effect on transporter beams. | ||
- | Confident in his placement of the communications array that would allow remote triggering of the antimatter bottles all at once, St. John maneuvered his tiny maintenance sled around, flying it down the front neck and chest of the station, sliding effortlessly over the darkened, finely honed architectural landscape. | + | Confident in his placement of the communications array that would allow remote triggering of the antimatter bottles all at once, St. John maneuvered his tiny maintenance sled around, flying it down the front neck and chest of the station, sliding effortlessly over the darkened, finely honed architectural landscape. |
The head of Kostya' | The head of Kostya' | ||
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The cloaking field of Gamma Serpentis Base extended to a sphere almost six kilometers in radius around the colossal station. | The cloaking field of Gamma Serpentis Base extended to a sphere almost six kilometers in radius around the colossal station. | ||
- | Technology and artifacts were bountiful throughout the quadrant, and by using a series of snatch-and-grab missions following observational analysis by cloaked science probes, collected hundreds of unique and powerful devices that allowed them to survive. | + | Technology and artifacts were bountiful throughout the quadrant, and by using a series of snatch-and-grab missions following observational analysis by cloaked science probes, collected hundreds of unique and powerful devices that allowed them to survive. |
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- | "Take your pick," | + | "Take your pick," |
Commander St. John surveyed the faces of everyone on the bridge as the ship took a parking orbit just inside the station' | Commander St. John surveyed the faces of everyone on the bridge as the ship took a parking orbit just inside the station' | ||
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"Last chance to abort," | "Last chance to abort," | ||
- | Theo/ | + | Theo/ |
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- | In the darkened control room, Jenson | + | In the darkened control room, Jensen |
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- | At the sounding of the order, | + | At the sounding of the order, |
"Power transfer complete," | "Power transfer complete," | ||
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- | The Geodesic pulse itself began as the verteron beam from the now distant Gamma Serpentis Base impacted the lowest | + | The Geodesic pulse itself began as the verteron beam from the now distant Gamma Serpentis Base impacted the topmost |
Moving at ninety-five percent of lightspeed, Republic nee Asgard smoothly followed the linear verteron beam towards the red giant star known as Ophiuchus 42 on the Starfleet Gamma Quadrant charts. | Moving at ninety-five percent of lightspeed, Republic nee Asgard smoothly followed the linear verteron beam towards the red giant star known as Ophiuchus 42 on the Starfleet Gamma Quadrant charts. | ||
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"Not at all," the man formerly known as Doug Forrest remarked with a touch of sarcasm. | "Not at all," the man formerly known as Doug Forrest remarked with a touch of sarcasm. | ||
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- | As the image switched to a digital computer map of the star system, the highly-elliptical orbit of Gamma Serpentis Base around the red giant came into view on a grid-patterned visual. | + | As the image switched to a digital computer map of the star system, the highly-elliptical orbit of Gamma Serpentis Base around the red giant came into view on a grid-patterned visual. |
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Louise Clayborne immediately pressed the button, causing the carefully-prepared antimatter charges back on Gamma Serpentis to detonate in a cascade reaction of several metric tons of protons and anti-protons colliding together in an unrestrained, | Louise Clayborne immediately pressed the button, causing the carefully-prepared antimatter charges back on Gamma Serpentis to detonate in a cascade reaction of several metric tons of protons and anti-protons colliding together in an unrestrained, | ||
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Meanwhile, on the bridge, the control center was bathed in red light while alarms and warnings sounded. | Meanwhile, on the bridge, the control center was bathed in red light while alarms and warnings sounded. | ||
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Unlike a humanoid standing on the floor of the bridge, Blimpy' | Unlike a humanoid standing on the floor of the bridge, Blimpy' | ||
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On the main front monitor, a tactical display of the Ophiuchus 42 system showed the telemetry downlink from the Gamma Quadrant subspace buoy network. | On the main front monitor, a tactical display of the Ophiuchus 42 system showed the telemetry downlink from the Gamma Quadrant subspace buoy network. | ||
- | Suddenly, the computerized dot that represented the gigantic attack platform in the system vanished, immediately followed by an expanding red ring representing a class-ten shockwave. | + | Suddenly, the computerized dot that represented the gigantic attack platform in the system vanished, immediately followed by an expanding red ring representing a class-ten shockwave. |
"... What just happened?" | "... What just happened?" | ||
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- | "Based on my rough estimates of the straight-line direction of the Geodesic fold, along the intensity of the verteron beam, my best guess is that the target star was somewhere in the Delta Quadrant. | + | "Based on my rough estimates of the straight-line direction of the Geodesic fold, along with the intensity of the verteron beam, my best guess is that the target star was somewhere in the Delta Quadrant. |
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"Well you won' | "Well you won' | ||
- | //(to be continued)// | + | //([[current_story: |
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